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Electroforesis de hemoglobina - Results

Nombres alternativos

Electroforesis de la Hgb; Electroforesis de Hb; Electroforesis de la hemoglobina

Valores normales:

En los adultos, estas moléculas de hemoglobina conforman los siguientes porcentajes de la hemoglobina total:

Hb A: 95% a 98%
Hb A2: 2% a 3%
Hb F: 0.8% a 2%
Hb S: 0%
Hb C: 0%

En los bebés y los niños, estas moléculas de hemoglobina conforman los siguientes porcentajes de la hemoglobina total:

Hb F (recién nacido): 50% a 80%
Hb F (6 meses): 8%
Hb F (de más de 6 meses): 1% a 2%

Nota: los rangos de los valores normales pueden variar ligeramente entre diferentes laboratorios. Hable con el médico acerca del significado de los resultados específicos de su examen.

Los ejemplos anteriores muestran las mediciones comunes para los resultados de estas pruebas. Algunos laboratorios usan diferentes medidas o podrían evaluar diferentes muestras.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

La presencia de niveles significativos de hemoglobinas anormales puede indicar:

Enfermedad por hemoglobina C
Hemoglobinopatía rara
Anemia drepanocítica
Talasemia

Reviewed last on: 2/5/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Nagel R. Methemoglobinemias and unstable hemoglobins. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 168.

Steinberg M. Sickle cell disease and associated hemoglobinopathies. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 167.

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